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beneficijs_fw-la svas_fw-la habent_fw-la basilicas_fw-la contempta_fw-la 1._o episcopi_fw-la dispositione_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ubi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o praedicationem_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la christi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la daunt_v sed_fw-la proprijs_fw-la basilicis_fw-la vel_fw-la alijs_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la sue_v tribuunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la constat_fw-la esse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n can._n 16._o witness_v that_o the_o country_n parish_n church_n be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o several_a bishop_n and_o if_o a_o question_n rise_v to_o which_o bishop_n the_o parish_n belong_v 30._o year_n prescription_n be_v require_v to_o prove_v the_o right_n if_o any_o city_n shall_v be_v afterward_o renew_a by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n than_o the_o ordination_n of_o parish_n shall_v follow_v the_o 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scripture_n which_o no_o man_n have_v at_o any_o time_n as_o yet_o prove_v for_o it_o shall_v be_v prove_v by_o scripture_n that_o tithe_n be_v a_o leviticall_a ceremony_n and_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o once_o be_v a_o ceremony_n may_v be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n but_o we_o have_v show_v the_o contradictary_n to_o both_o that_o tithe_n be_v never_o a_o ceremony_n by_o the_o description_n of_o a_o ceremony_n and_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v a_o ceremony_n may_v not_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christian_n because_o it_o be_v enjoin_v only_o until_o the_o time_n of_o reformation_n and_o therefore_o we_o conclude_v this_o answer_n be_v every_o way_n weak_a and_o no_o sufficient_a exception_n against_o our_o cause_n but_o for_o the_o latter_a part_n thereof_o it_o may_v be_v thus_o object_v some_o thing_n be_v ceremony_n which_o yet_o be_v or_o may_v be_v lawful_o retain_v among_o christian_n as_o not_o to_o sow_v a_o vineyard_n with_o diverse_a kind_n of_o seed_n not_o to_o plough_v with_o a_o ox_n and_o a_o ass_n not_o to_o wear_v a_o garment_n of_o diverse_a sort_n as_o woollen_a and_o linen_n together_o deut._n 22._o i_o answer_v these_o scripture_n deut._n 22._o do_v not_o speak_v of_o ceremony_n but_o of_o judicial_o of_o this_o answer_n there_o be_v these_o reason_n first_o throughout_o that_o chapter_n he_o speak_v of_o thing_n judicial_a and_o in_o the_o chapter_n next_o before_o as_o also_o in_o that_o which_o next_o follow_v he_o declare_v precept_n judicial_a of_o all_o sort_n concern_v matter_n of_o state_n when_o they_o go_v to_o war_n touch_v public_a affair_n touch_v private_a touch_v husbandry_n touch_v a_o man_n comely_a carry_v of_o himself_o abroad_o and_o at_o home_n for_o judicial_o reach_v not_o only_o to_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o a_o state_n but_o even_o to_o a_o comeliness_n in_o husbandry_n and_o apparel_n of_o which_o civil_a comeliness_n these_o precept_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v and_o in_o 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like_a precept_n we_o observe_v that_o albeit_o some_o signification_n may_v well_o be_v draw_v from_o they_o yet_o that_o will_v not_o suffice_v to_o prove_v they_o ceremony_n for_o from_o that_o which_o be_v write_v deut._n 25._o thou_o shall_v not_o mussel_n the_o mouth_n of_o the_o ox_n that_o tread_v out_o thy_o corn_n the_o apostle_n 1._o cor._n 9_o 9_o draw_v a_o signification_n and_o thereby_o a_o strong_a reason_n for_o maintenance_n of_o minister_n and_o yet_o i_o suppose_v no_o man_n will_v hold_v that_o precept_n to_o be_v ceremonial_a for_o it_o be_v judicial_a altogether_o because_o it_o be_v of_o thing_n in_o common_a use_n therefore_o certain_o judicial_a even_o so_o be_v these_o precept_n deut._n 22._o to_o be_v understand_v wherefore_o the_o contrary_a apparaunce_n be_v remove_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o conclusion_n will_v better_o appear_v tithe_n be_v no_o ceremony_n now_o as_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n for_o any_o without_o much_o learning_n to_o say_v tithe_n be_v ceremony_n and_o to_o rest_v there_o without_o reason_n without_o discuss_v the_o manner_n and_o cause_n thereof_o so_o if_o any_o will_v enter_v judicious_o into_o the_o careful_a and_o conscionable_a search_n hereof_o and_o open_a unto_o we_o the_o signification_n of_o this_o ceremony_n and_o show_v we_o the_o proper_a end_n and_o use_v thereof_o and_o prove_v with_o one_o sound_a reason_n that_o tithe_n be_v institute_v to_o signify_v something_o only_o for_o a_o time_n as_o all_o ceremony_n be_v i_o shall_v for_o my_o part_n think_v my_o self_n much_o behold_n to_o he_o otherwise_o if_o thou_o shall_v tell_v i_o a_o thousand_o time_n it_o be_v a_o ceremony_n though_o this_o be_v true_a that_o thou_o say_v yet_o because_o thou_o know_v not_o the_o reason_n and_o ground_n thereof_o to_o thou_o it_o be_v as_o a_o untruth_n he_o who_o hold_v this_o a_o ceremony_n aught_o to_o bring_v a_o approve_a reason_n from_o the_o word_n and_o declare_v the_o true_a end_n and_o use_v of_o 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say_v john_n bale_n the_o same_o opinion_n be_v maintain_v by_o thomas_n aquinas_n scholar_n to_o hales_n these_o their_o chieftain_n the_o schoolman_n follow_v and_o hence_o it_o be_v now_o a_o receive_a 3._o opinion_n among_o they_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o tithe_n be_v judicials_n but_o one_o thing_n i_o wish_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o after_o the_o pope_n have_v through_o corruption_n make_v tithe_n away_o from_o their_o proper_a church_n by_o impropriation_n then_o forsooth_o to_o salve_v this_o corruption_n lest_o it_o may_v have_v be_v think_v open_a sacrilege_n these_o device_n be_v first_o invent_v this_o i_o think_v good_a to_o note_v that_o it_o may_v be_v know_v that_o this_o corrupt_a opinion_n of_o tithe_n come_v in_o with_o infinite_a corruption_n and_o depravation_n of_o the_o truth_n chap._n four_o how_o
he_o praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-la soluendis_fw-la decimis_fw-la qua_fw-la parte_fw-la divinum_fw-la &_o naturale_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ulla_fw-la lege_fw-la humana_fw-la 25._o vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la contraria_fw-la aboleri_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la habere_fw-la ius_fw-la petendi_fw-la decimas_fw-la etiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la soluantur_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la theologi_fw-la &_o canonistae_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la if_o this_o be_v so_o certain_a than_o it_o be_v also_o certain_a that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o pope_n dispensation_n to_o the_o contrary_a all_o papist_n will_v assent_v to_o our_o conclusion_n by_o this_o grant_n of_o beauty_n we_o have_v get_v somewhat_o that_o all_o the_o schoolman_n and_o canonist_n that_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o papist_n hold_v that_o the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n be_v divine_a and_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o 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princeps_fw-la secularis_fw-la omnium_fw-la sicut_fw-la est_fw-la unus_fw-la princeps_fw-la ecclesiasticus_fw-la in_o which_o word_n we_o observe_v the_o absurdity_n whereinto_o great_a wit_n must_v needs_o fall_v when_o once_o they_o resolve_v to_o have_v the_o truth_n as_o saint_n james_n say_v in_o respect_n of_o person_n for_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v what_o they_o will_v hold_v if_o the_o pope_n authority_n to_o the_o contrary_a do_v not_o set_v a_o bias_n upon_o their_o wit_n and_o word_n first_o he_o say_v tithe_n be_v due_a only_a jure_fw-la canonica_n but_o what_o then_o must_v be_v say_v of_o those_o time_n before_o this_o ius_fw-la canonicum_fw-la be_v invent_v tithe_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n to_o be_v due_a when_o there_o be_v no_o canon_n law_n in_o the_o world_n and_o be_v more_o sincere_o hold_v by_o the_o church_n before_o then_o after_o the_o canon_n law_n come_v in_o hold_v by_o the_o father_n from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o no_o other_o 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prince_n constitution_n as_o afterward_o prince_n indeed_o may_v confirm_v or_o forbid_v the_o use_n but_o they_o can_v make_v or_o take_v away_o the_o right_n wherefore_o see_v all_o that_o stand_v against_o we_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o that_o we_o have_v prove_v that_o the_o maintenance_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v nothing_o but_o alm_n that_o tithe_n be_v establish_v in_o the_o church_n as_o the_o ancient_a ordinance_n of_o god_n that_o this_o ordinance_n be_v not_o judicial_a because_o it_o be_v holy_a and_o of_o thing_n separate_v from_o common_a use_n nor_o ceremonial_a because_o it_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o remain_v only_o until_o the_o time_n of_o reformation_n but_o remain_v after_o that_o time_n see_v these_o thing_n stand_v thus_o we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o tithe_n be_v now_o due_a to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n as_o they_o have_v be_v always_o account_v in_o the_o best_a age_n of_o the_o church_n finis_fw-la numb_a 13._o 33._o 2._o king_n 22._o 20._o spelunca_n latronum_fw-la jos._n 10._o 23._o 1._o king_n 14._o exod._n 1._o 9_o 10._o 1._o sam._n 5._o 1._o sam_n 24._o 5._o 2._o sam._n 10._o 4._o psal._n 50._o psal._n 50._o 1._o lib._n 2._o doct_n fid_fw-we art_n 3._o cap._n 64._o 2_o tom._n 1._o contr_n 5_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o 3._o the_o first_o opinion_n refute_v 1._o cor._n â—_o luke_n 10._o 7._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 8._o the_o second_o opinion_n refute_v gen._n 4._o 3._o 4_o 5_o gen._n 14._o 18._o verse_n 7._o verse_n 8._o john_n caluin_n gen._n 28._o 20._o 21._o 22._o to._n 1._o con._n 5._o lib._n 1._o ca._n 25._o herodot_n clio._n plutarc_n camil._n plut._n lucullo_n lib._n saturn_n 3._o cap_n 42._o biblith_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o hist._n nat_n lib_n 12._o cap._n 14._o &_o 19_o levit._n 27._o 30._o num._n 18._o 21._o whether_o tithe_n be_v ceremonial_a 1._o 2._o q._n 81._o art_n â—_o ad_fw-la 1._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr indulg_n cap._n â—â—_o gal._n 5._o 3._o heb._n 9_o 24._o tithe_n not_o judicials_n 3._o part_n q._n 51._o 3._o 2._o 2._o q._n 87._o art_n 3._o hom._n 11._o in_o num_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 146._o apol._n cap._n 39_o hist._n oct._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o defence_n pâ—â—â—_n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 25._o cun_v 12._o q._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matriabus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la in_o dictione_n singularum_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la spiscoporum_fw-la lib_fw-la de_fw-la scriptor_n eccles_n orig._n hom_o 11._o in_o num._n ibid._n cyprian_a ep_n 66._o in_o honore_fw-la sportulantium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la dionisij_fw-la &_o cause_n 13._o q._n 1._o caus._n 3._o q._n caus._n 16._o q._n plures_fw-la ibid._n eccle._n ibid._n qnicuâ—_n ibid._n statuit_n ibid._n q._n 7._o caus._n 16._o q._n 1._o defence_n pac_fw-la part_n 2_o cap._n 14._o or_o as_o the_o gloss_n seem_v to_o read_v the_o dotation_n caus._n 16._o q._n 7._o ibid._n council_n tolet._n 4._o can_n 32._o hom_o 18_o iâ—_n act._n hom._n 44._o in_o mat._n ad_fw-la nepotia_n de_fw-fr vitacler_n in_o malach._n 3._o 8._o 1._o tim._n 5._o in_o serm_n quadrage_n lib._n 50._o homoliarum_fw-la homel_n 48._o caus._n 16._o q._n 2._o council_n matif_n 2._o can_n 6._o caus._n 16._o q._n 1._o hom._n 16._o in_o euang_n hom_o 9_o de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la cap._n 87._o caus._n 16._o q._n 10._o 1._o chron_n 30._o catus_n test_n veril_n tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 15._o abulens_n in_o mat._n cap._n 23._o qu._n 136._o 2._o tim._n 2._o 4._o apud_fw-la francis_fw-la astesanum_fw-la iten_v hostiensen_n de_fw-fr clericâ—_fw-la lib._n 1._o ca._n 25._o to._n 1_o con_v 5._o lib._n 1._o c._n 25._o in_o mat._n 23_o q._n 148._o